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A Parisian caught breaking wind in congress? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

council

'congress?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a parisian caught breaking wind' is the wordplay.
'a parisian' becomes 'un'.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'breaking' is an insertion indicator.
'wind' becomes 'coil' (coiling is a kind of winding**).
'un'+'c'='unc'
'unc' inserted within 'coil' is 'COUNCIL'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for council that I've seen before include "Body found in town hall" , "local authority" , "Elected body organising, say, county affairs" , "Body of advisors" , "Body of lawmakers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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